85R1007 AJZ-D
 
  By: Anchia H.B. No. 246
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the notice given by a property owner prohibiting a
  handgun license holder from carrying a handgun on the property.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 30.06(c)(3), Penal Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
               (3)  "Written communication" means:
                     (A)  a card or other document on which is:
                           (i)  written language identical to the
  following: "Pursuant to Section 30.06, Penal Code, Concealed Carry
  of Handguns Prohibited [(trespass by license holder with a
  concealed handgun), a person licensed under Subchapter H, Chapter
  411, Government Code (handgun licensing law), may not enter this
  property with a concealed handgun]"; and
                           (ii)  a pictogram that shows a handgun
  within a circle and a diagonal line across the handgun; or
                     (B)  a sign posted on the property that:
                           (i)  includes:
                                 (a)  the language described by
  Paragraph (A)(i) [(A)] in both English and Spanish; and
                                 (b)  the pictogram described by
  Paragraph (A)(ii);
                           (ii)  appears in contrasting colors with
  block letters at least one inch in height; and
                           (iii)  is displayed in a conspicuous manner
  clearly visible to the public.
         SECTION 2.  Section 30.07(c)(3), Penal Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
               (3)  "Written communication" means:
                     (A)  a card or other document on which is:
                           (i)  written language identical to the
  following: "Pursuant to Section 30.07, Penal Code, Open Carry of
  Handguns Prohibited [(trespass by license holder with an openly
  carried handgun), a person licensed under Subchapter H, Chapter
  411, Government Code (handgun licensing law), may not enter this
  property with a handgun that is carried openly]"; and
                           (ii)  a pictogram that shows a handgun
  within a circle and a diagonal line across the handgun; or
                     (B)  a sign posted on the property that:
                           (i)  includes:
                                 (a)  the language described by
  Paragraph (A)(i) [(A)] in both English and Spanish; and
                                 (b)  the pictogram described by
  Paragraph (A)(ii);
                           (ii)  appears in contrasting colors with
  block letters at least one inch in height; and
                           (iii)  is displayed in a conspicuous manner
  clearly visible to the public at each entrance to the property.
         SECTION 3.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.
  An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is
  governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed,
  and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For
  purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the
  effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred
  before that date.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.